Left hand drive cars

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Wed 4 Mar 2009 06:33
Left hand drive cars - FrenchBoris
Hi

I live in France and need to buy a new car (hence Left Hand Drive). Someone at ( 8< SNIP ) suggested your site, I hope you can help me.

Apparently it can now be cheaper for someone in France to come to the UK, buy a LHD car, take it back to France and reregister it. Pricing I can check myself, but the question is - are there any differences at all between a UK LHD car and a regular French car with the same specification, and are there any other pitfalls, problems, etc to look out for.

Thanks for your help
Cheers


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Edited by Dynamic Dave on 04/03/2009 at 10:28

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Wed 4 Mar 2009 08:58
Left hand drive cars - jc2
Modern French cars will be basically the same;however,when French "road tax"(I know there is no annual tax like the UK but there is a tax on initial registstration) was based on CV rating,many French market cars were built with different gearboxes/transmissions usually reducing performance to get them into a lower CV/tax class.
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Wed 4 Mar 2009 09:19
Left hand drive cars - colinh
If it's anything like Spain it's usually just a paperwork chase - some people have gone to specialist companies here who will do it for a price, but others have done it on a do-it-yourself basis successfully

This website will give you a starter:

www.howtobooks.co.uk/abroad/france/vehicle-import....p
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